CSI: Cyber @ RSAC SF 2026
Hear how one of the nation’s most influential prosecutors and his team think about cyber crime and protecting nearly two million residents in the heart of the tech industry. Then hear leading CISOs and CEOs from top cybersecurity companies share their front‑line perspectives on the same threats and what actually works in the wild. Finally, hear from one of the world’s top cyber researchers as he shares his view of today’s cyber landscape.
Doors open 3:00PM
Event Starts @ 3:30PM and Ends @ 6:30PM
Speakers include:
Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney https://da.santaclaracounty.gov/home
Santa Clara County React Cyber Team
(Santa Clara County Hosted Super Bowl and Upcoming World Cup)
Panel of Top CISOs and Cyber CEOs:
Moinul Khan: CEO/Founder, Aurascape
Drew Danner: MD, Andersen Consulting Cyber Practice
Srinivas Mukkamala: CEO, Securin
Cyber Fireside Chat Between Dr. Herb Lin, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution @ Stanford University AND Redwood Collective General Partner (investors in Cato & Wiz), Vishal Verma.
Thank you to our Sponsors, Aurascape, Andersen Consulting and Redwood Collective for your generous support of our exciting event!
Speaker & Hosts Bios:
County of Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen is a nationally recognized leader in criminal justice reform. Mr. Rosen's changes to one of the largest prosecutorial offices in the country include: reducing the jail population, diversion programs for non-violent offenders, expungements for low level drug crimes, prison reform, and promoting the highest ethical prosecution standards. This, all while keeping crime at its lowest rate in decades, by vigorously and successfully prosecuting murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, domestic violence abusers, child molesters, corporate polluters, and those who commit fraud against the elderly.
Since 2011, Mr. Rosen has overseen the largest prosecutor's office north of Los Angeles, serving a population of almost two million. The District Attorney's Office has over 640 employees, including 192 deputy district attorneys.
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REACT was established in 1997 by the California State Department of Justice, in response to both public and industry concerns over the spread of new types of crime directly tied to our increasingly computer-oriented economy and widespread use of the Internet. High tech companies and industry councils provide specialized training, liaison personnel and internal support for task force investigations.
By creating a multi-jurisdictional team that combines resources and specific investigative skills, along with federal jurisdiction to conduct investigations across state and international lines, and a close working partnership with the high tech industry, REACT has been able to arrest and prosecute a wide range of criminal offenders and provide a more effective level of service to local communities and the high tech business community.
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Moinul Khan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aurascape, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity startup focused on securing AI and AI agent-driven interactions in the enterprise. Under his leadership, Aurascape emerged from stealth with significant funding and industry backing to build an AI-native security platform that gives organizations real-time visibility and control over AI usage.
Prior to founding Aurascape, Moinul held senior leadership roles at major cybersecurity and technology companies. He served as Vice President/General Manager of Secure Service Edge and Data Protection at Zscaler, and held product management leadership positions at Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Juniper Networks, and other industry players, bringing decades of experience in cloud security, data protection, and enterprise software.
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Drew Danner is a Managing Director at Andersen Consulting, where he leads the consulting firm’s Cyber & Risk Resilience Practice which includes cybersecurity, risk, and compliance engagements. He has served as CISO for multiple technology and AI companies. Drew is a member of Vanta's Partner Advisory Council and advises several cybersecurity startups including Dune Security. Prior to consulting, Drew spent over a decade in the U.S. Army supporting intelligence community operations as a software/systems engineer
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Dr. Herb Lin is senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University. His research interests relate broadly to the impact of emerging technologies on national security, especially in the digital domain (cyber, artificial intelligence, information warfare and operations), and has written extensively on the role of offensive operations in cyberspace as instruments of national policy. In addition to his positions at Stanford University, he is Chief Scientist, Emeritus for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies, where he served from 1990 through 2014 as study director of major projects on public policy and information technology. From 2016 to 2025, he was a member of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In 2016, he served on President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and in 2021 on the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder. Prior to his NRC service, he was a professional staff member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee (1986-1990), where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control issues. He received his doctorate in physics from MIT.
Vocationally, he is a longtime folk and swing dancer and a lousy magician. Apart from his work on cyberspace and cybersecurity, he is published in cognitive science, science education, biophysics, and arms control and defense policy. He also consults on K-12 math and science education.
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Sandesh Mouli is a Partner at Redwood Collective, LLC, an investment firm focused on high-growth startups and venture funds.
With over 28 years of global experience spanning operating, M&A, and investment roles, Sandesh has completed more than $7.6 billion in investments and acquisitions. His background includes leadership positions across product management, business development, sales, venture capital, investment banking, and corporate development at organizations such as Zscaler, Cisco, F5, MAPR (acquired by HPE), Ruckus Wireless (acquired by Brocade), DLJ (Credit Suisse), Technology Crossover Ventures, Teak Capital (Goldman Sachs), the New York Stock Exchange, and CableLabs.
Passionate about building and scaling businesses, Sandesh currently leads Ignite23, a startup incubator and advisory firm that helps entrepreneurs, venture firms, and corporates drive growth through build, buy, and partner initiatives. He also mentors students at Stanford and Santa Clara University on entrepreneurship.
Sandesh holds a BA in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with a focus on entrepreneurship and accounting. He has also completed coursework in Statistics for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamentals of AI Infrastructure at Stanford University.
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Pramod Gosavi is a senior principal at Blumberg Capital, based in San Francisco.
Before joining Blumberg Capital, Pramod was a principal at 11.2 Capital where he focused on investing in early-stage cybersecurity, data, dev tools and AI. He led seed rounds in Coalesce, Permiso, StrikeReady, Surf Security, MightyMeld, Leen.dev and Collinear AI.
Previously, Pramod was Director of Corporate Strategy/Venture Capital at VMware, advising senior leadership on product, growth and M&A along with investing in startups such as JFrog (IPO), CloudEndure (acq by AWS), Armis (acq by Insight), GuardiCore (acq by Akamai), Wavefront, VeloCloud (acq by VMware) and Affirmed Networks (acq by Microsoft).
Pramod earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is an engineer by training with a B Tech in electrical engineering from IIT Bombay and MS in electrical engineering from Purdue University. Prior to earning his MBA, Pramod was a long-time operator building and shipping enterprise products at Sun Microsystems and two early stage startups.
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Vishal Verma is the Managing General Partner at Redwood Collective, LLC, a venture capital fund of funds focused on backing high-growth funds and startups that define the next generation of innovation.
Vishal has invested in 17 top tier venture capital and private equity firms including Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, KPCB, 8VC and more. He has also holds stakes in over 28 private companies including Wiz, Cato, Andruil, Anthropic, Glean, Mistral and more.
With over two decades of experience across technology, venture capital, and strategic advisory, Vishal collaborates with leading investors such as Steve Westly of The Westly Group, Frank Caufield of Darwin Ventures, and Witt Capital firms collectively managing over $2 billion in assets.
A longtime advocate for education and inclusion, Vishal sits on the Boards of Trustees for the University of California, Merced, the RFK Foundation, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation, Best Buddies, and One Economy. He is committed to building systems that empower the next generation through equitable access to education and opportunity.
Earlier in his career, while completing his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Vishal founded Hyde Park Angels to promote entrepreneurship throughout the Midwest.
Vishal earned his B.S. in Marketing from Santa Clara University and his MBA in Finance from Chicago Booth.